It’s only a blessing if you’re grateful for it If you’re grateful for it it’s a blessing
Micropoetry
Unwilling
Has a greater calamity been sent Than the unwillingness to find A reason to repent
Dustbound
You know all that garbage you spew There’s a reason it came to be And if you had paid attention then you Would undoubtedly come to see: You alone are the greatest sign That you have a long way to go Sit down in the dust poor khalid a while It’s purer than you’ll ever know
Surf
Beware the currents of doubt And the undertow of kufr Sometimes it's not enough That you can swim
Quietly
The peace that we long for And the hope that we seek Lies in those who prefer silence When the ignorant speak
In Focus
If everything is from Him How can you ever think He turns away from you After sending you a trial Soldier on never doubting His attention is upon you while You struggle under loads All meticulously chosen To break you up To take you up For that chalice filled To wake you up
Tasbeeh
All creatures in existence Of every size and hue Amid the deeps and shallows Of brown and green and blue Each has its solemn tasbeeh To keep it true and through And you have yours my khalid If only you’d let you
Thistle-holds
What greater act of Divine assistance Than a wayward slave broken by sin Finding himself time and time again Drowned in despair but not sinking Losing his dusty way and thinking There is no return no way back To where the path opens wide For every seeker that’s died Looking for hope in thistles Unfriendly on the outside Yet deep run their roots In unwavering search For another chance Touch them khalid And for heaven’s Sake be sure to Wince a little By way of Thanks
Give and Take
To give from Allah’s gifts By Allah’s leave For Allah’s sake Is all you need to take
Oscillation
Be sure to attend the turn of the tide When the sea gives way to a staff When a pebble wrecks an army’s pride And an elephant stops in its tracks